Triggs-er warning
The president of the Human Rights Commission must live in a moral galaxy far, far away
Australian diary
It is not often that I feel sorry for a politician however Bill Leak’s portrait of Bill Shorten as a…
Muslim blackmail
Too many within the Islamic community, wittingly or otherwise, promote the jihadist mindset
Going coal turkey
Wealthy greenies demanding the third world go without coal is immoral and hypocritical
An interview with Peter Hitchens
There is a certain contradiction to Peter Hitchens: on the one hand, he’s an author and journalist of immense energy…
The camp of the saints (part II)
Forty years ago, the French author, Jean Raspail, wrote a confronting novel about a third world invasion of Europe. His…
Culture buff
We are now officially in summer and the beach season. The importance of the beach in our national self-image the…
Australian letters
Mal content Sir: Would The Spectator Australia please reduce the level of Turnbull Hating indulged in by its regular contributors.…
Bequest
Knowing he was ill he offered a free choice of the books on his shelves, but for every one wanted…
Heron
Walking to the bus stop after a hospital visit, in an unfamiliar, dusty suburb, I pass a small park on…
Coffee with Annie
I am thinking about you Annie now that you are no longer a few miles of motorway and a couple…
Coffee with Annie
I am thinking about you Annie now that you are no longer a few miles of motorway and a couple…
London Classic
The annual London Classic, inspired and organised by the indefatigable Malcolm Pein, is now underway at London’s Olympia. The website…
Chess Puzzle
White to play. This position is from Edward Lasker-Thomas, London 1912. This is one of the most famous combinations ever…
Railway rhythms
In Competition No. 2926 you were invited to submit a poem about HS2. The idea for this challenge came to…
Dear Mary: How to stop someone from giving my tiny children expensive clothes that they never wear?
Q. Is there a tactful way to deter certain people from buying clothing for one’s tiny children as Christmas presents?…
An overflow of bookshelves, a huge kitchen, a cellar, music, dogs, hens, donkeys children . . . all the ingredients for civilised life
In the later 1850s, Palmerston was Prime Minister: Gladstone, his Chancellor. It was a successful partnership between two very different…
It is time to join the fight against IS in Syria
The Islamic State is as monstrous an enemy as we have seen in recent history. It crucifies and decapitates its…
High life
New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…
Long life
I have always found Thanksgiving, which was celebrated in the United States last week, the most agreeable and least stressful…
Long life
I have always found Thanksgiving, which was celebrated in the United States last week, the most agreeable and least stressful…
